They Call Me Country Chords
They Call Me Country by Jamey Johnson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, G, A and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
Guitar 1:
B G A D
B G A
Guitar 2 (electric guitar) :
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------7^--12-10-9-7~-----------|
D|-5-7-9-12~---9~--7h9--------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
(Guitar 1 Only)
B G
I'm a Texas cowboy
A D
I wear a faded hat
B G
I'm an Alabama plow-boy
A B
Got a leather tan back
B G
I'm a Louisiana Cajun man
A D
I call a bayou stream home
B G
I'm a Mississippi blues man
A
Just tryin' to make it on my own
B G
You can call me different
A D
I'm still a good man
B G
And you can call me redneck
A B
I've been told that I am
G
And I guess I am
A
And maybe I don't fit in
B
In your point of view
G A D
I can see your a rose in a bed of thorns in the morning dew
G A
They call me country
Now how about you
Verse 2:
B G
I can ride a bush hog
A D
From sun up 'til sundown
B G
And I can ride a rodeo
A B
Let em' throw me to the ground
G
I can raise holy hell
A D
On a Saturday night
B G
And make it to the first church bell
A
That's how a country boy survives
B G
You can call me different
A D
I'm still a good man
B G
And you can call me redneck
A B
I've been told that I am
G
And I guess I am
A
And maybe I don't fit in
B
In your point of view
G A D
I can see your a rose in a bed of thorns in the morning dew
G A
They call me country
Now how about you